The document provides information about investment opportunities in the Smolensk Region of Russia. It summarizes the region's competitive advantages for investors, including its strategic geographic location between Russia and Europe, developed transportation infrastructure, skilled workforce, and natural resources. The region offers various forms of state support for investment projects, including tax incentives, subsidies, and assistance from funds and agencies that support entrepreneurship and industry development. The governor invites readers to learn more about investment opportunities in the Smolensk Region's priority industries, logistics centers, and development priorities.

1. We offer great opportunities
to our partners!
We offer great opportunities
to our partners!
Russian Federation
www.smolinvest.com
SMOLENSK REGION

2. The present business pages for investors will
definitely provide You with the bright illustrations of
various resources of our Smolensk Region.
I feel sure that the up-to-date overview of the
regional potential will be of great interest for top
managers, representatives of business elite,
entrepreneurs, other specialists interested in the
Smolensk Region.
Being the Western gate of Russia, Smolensk
has a unique geographical location which creates
the prerequisites necessary for increasing and
implementing the investment potential of the
region. Smolensk is an important transportation and
communication hub with the shortest highways and
railways running from Central Russia to Europe.
The vast territory and rich mineral resources,
significant technological and intellectual potential
make the region attractive for investors, Russian and
international companies and financial organisations.
The Smolensk Region can boast its congenial
conditions for stable economic development.
The Administration of the Smolensk Region has
worked out a clear investment policy aimed at the
improvement of the regional investment climate and
provision of investment safety. We provide assistance
for those partners who strive to establish mutual
relations in various business fields.
Our region is open to those partners who pursue
seriousandpositiveinterests.Weexpressourreadiness
for widening cooperation in industrial, technological,
investment and scientific spheres.
I believe that the Smolensk Region will always be
a hospitable home for investors. I wish all business
community prosperity and successful implementation
of investment projects.
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!
Let me heartily greet You in our ancient
and heroic land. I invite You to get a closer
acquaintance with our region.
Governor
of the Smolensk Region A.V. Ostrovskiy
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Industrial
park «Safonovo»
State industrial
park «Phoenix»
20
Transportation
and logistics
industrial complex
«Stabna»
21
Main priorities
of the regional
development
22
Industry
24
Agriculture
26
Education
25
State support
for agricultural
producers
27
Healthcare
28
Culture
29
Sport
30
Tourism
03
The welcome
speech
of the Governor
of the Smolensk
Region
02 06
Smolensk
Region
today
07
Transportation
04
Geographical
location
08
Competitive
edge
09
Support for small
and medium sized
enterprises
10
Smolensk
Regional Fund
for the Support
of Entrepreneur
ship
14
Logistics
complexes
and terminals
12
State support
for investment
activity of big
business
13
State support
for investment
activity of small
and medium
sized enterprises
16
Priority
investment sites
Contents

3. Smolensk
Moscow
Smolensk
Geographical location
The Smolensk Region is an important
transportation and communication hub
68 million people are currently
living within a 500-km radius
from Smolensk
Tallinn
Riga
Vilnius
Hamburg
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Paris
Paris
Berlin
Berlin
Bremen
Bremen
Brest
Minsk
Saint-Petersburg
SevastopolSevastopol
NovorossiyskNovorossiysk
Ekaterinburg
T H E R U S S I A N
Kiev
BELARUS
UKRAINE
Two transport corridors
North-SouthEast-West
BPS - II –Baltic
Pipeline System
М-1 «Belarus»
А-101 «Moscow-Bobruisk»
А-141 «North-South»
major railwaysmajor railways
The Yamal-Europe
gas pipeline
F E D E R A T I O N
SMOLENSKSMOLENSK
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
Beijing
Beijing
Tokyo
Vladivostok
Tokyo
Zabaykalsk
Irkutsk
Chita
Novosibirsk
Ulan Bator
Bishkek
MONGOLIA
KYRGYZSTAN
CHINA
SOUTH KOREA
NORTH KOREA JAPAN

4. Belarus
Bryansk
Kaluga
TverPskov
SMOLENSKSMOLENSK
Smolensk Region today
total area:
49 800 km2
population:
1 000 000
people
25
municipal
districts
2
towns
10 700 km
of highways
1 259 km
of railways
180 km from Moscow
a number of highways connecting
Russia with European countries
unique geographical location
and congenial conditions
for logistics and terminals
transportation
hubs:
Smolensk,
Vyazma,
Roslavl
1900 deposits of mineral resources
56 deposits of fresh underground water
12 deposits of mineral underground water
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35% Russian and 75% international goods
from Western Europe are transported
through the territory of the Smolensk Region
Smolensk
Gagarin4 hours 50 minutes
«Swallow» - 4 hours 30 minutes
Moscow – Nice – 50 hours
Warsaw
Berlin
Paris
Riga
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Warsaw
Berlin
Paris
Riga
Moscow
HIGHWAY M-1“BELARUS”
SMOLENSK - MINSK - 348 km
SMOLENSK - MOSCOW - 395 км
GAGARIN - MOSCOW - 180 км
Minsk– Smolensk - 3 hours
Moscow– Smolensk – 4 hours
Transportation
7
1 hour 35 minutes
1 hour 10 minutes
3 hours 40 minutes
2 hours 45 minutes
1 hour 45 minutes
1 hour 10 minutes
2 hours 40 minutes
2 hours
Minsk

5. Information support and consulting services for
the regional enterprises on the establishment of
business contacts with partners from other
Russian regions and abroad.
Provision of securities for small
and medium sized enterprises.
The fund implements the programmes of innovative
development designed to set up new and improve existing
high-tech companies, increase their profits, attract
investment, and create new work places.
The Fund stimulates
modernization of Russian
industry and encourages the
production of competitive
products which provide import
substitution.
www.sofpmp.ru
Microfinance, consulting
services on business
development.
Congenial investment climate.
Attraction of investment.
Launch of investment projects.
Creation of investment sites.
Investment management.
INVESTMENT
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
www.eicc-smolensk.ru
Business Support on Your Doorstep
REGIONAL
INTEGRATED CENTRE (RIC)
IN THE SMOLENSK REGION
REGIONAL
INTEGRATED CENTRE (RIC)
IN THE SMOLENSK REGION
Initiation, management and
development of the national
guarantee system ensuring the
dynamic development of the
entrepreneurship.
www.acgrf.ruwww.acgrf.ru
GUARANTEE FUND
INVESTMENT PORTAL
OF THE SMOLENSK REGION
www.smolinvest.com
Provision of state support
for small and medium sized
enterprises
INDUSTRY
DEVELOPMENT
FUND
www.rftr.ru
www.fasie.ru
SMOLENSK REGIONAL
FUND FOR SUPPORT
OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AGENCY
OF LOAN SECURITY
AGENCY
OF LOAN SECURITY
WOOD
PROCESSING
WOOD
PROCESSING
ENERGY SECURITY EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
CONGENIAL
BORDER LOCATION
PREFERENCES
FOR INVESTORS
PREFERENCES
FOR INVESTORS
PROXIMITY
TO MEGAPOLISES
RECREATIONAL ZONES,
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE
RECREATIONAL ZONES,
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE
DEVELOPED
INDUSTRY
DEVELOPED
INDUSTRY
TRANSPORTATION
AND COMMUNICATION
TRANSPORTATION
AND COMMUNICATION
HIGHLY QUALIFIED
SPECIALISTS
HIGHLY QUALIFIED
SPECIALISTS
Competitive edge of the Smolensk Region
VYAZMA
SMOLENSK
ROSLAVL

6. www.sofpmp.ru
MICRO-LOANS
8%годовых
8%per year
10%per year
DEPENDING ON THE KIND
OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
GUARANTEES FOR SMALL
AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES
Smolensk Engels st. bld. 23 +7 (4812) 610-509, 777-077 E-mail: sofpmp@rambler.ru
State support for small
and medium sized
enterprises
SMOLENSK REGIONAL
FUND FOR SUPPORT
OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• the borrower submits a limited number of documents
• the loan is provided within 3-5 day
• no pledge security
• early credit repayment
To receive a bank loan
Guarantees upto 20 mln roubles for bank loans and letters of credit no longer than for 5 years.
• the commission for guarantee provision does not exceed 1/3 of the key interest rate defined
by the Central Bank of Russia
• covers upto 50% of the loan or the letter of credit
• decisions are made within 7 days
To be eligible for the Fund loan/guarantee the applicant should:
• be qualified as a small or medium sized enterprise (Federal law 209-FZ issued on July 24th, 2007)
• be registered as a tax payer and function in the territory of the Smolensk Region
• not have any debts into the regional budget
Guarantee fund
Loans for entrepreneurs and companies:
- 10 000 - 1 000 000 roubles;
- 1- 3 years depending on the type of economic activity.
Microfinance
for companies working
in agriculture,
industrial production
and service.
for companies working
in other spheres
including trade.
8%per year
10%per year
Smolensk Regional Fund for Support of Entrepreneurship is
accredited by the OJSC «Non-bank depository and credit company
«Agency of credit guarantees»
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7. >250
employees
>1 bln rubles
sales revenue
TAX RELIEF FOR INVESTORS
10 years
CORPORATE PROPERTY
TAX0%
CORPORATE INCOME
TAX4,5% validity period
300
million roubles
OTHER KINDS OF SUPPORT:
Investment project
management
Project design
and business
counselling
Information
and administrative
support
State support for
investment activity
of big business
SUBSIDIES
Subsidies in the amount of corporate income tax are annually given for reimbursement
of expenses incurred while implementing PRIORITY investment projects
7 years
> 200
employees
> 3
bln roubles
Priority economic activities:
- food production
- machinery and technical equipment manufacturing
- electrical facilities, electronic and optical equipment manufacturing
- vehicles and transport facilities manufacturing
- pharmaceutical goods production
10 years
< 250
employees
< 1 bln roubles
sales revenue
TAX RELIEF FOR INVESTORS
CORPORATE PROPERTY
TAX0%
CORPORATE INCOME
TAX4,5% validity period
10 years 300
millionroubles
OTHER KINDS OF SUPPORT:
SUBSIDIES
Reimbursement up to 75% of
the expenses on technological
connection to power grid
facilities less than 1,5 MW
Reimbursement up to 50%
of incurred expenses for
purchasing equipment for
setting up and (or) developing
and (or) upgrading production
process
State support for investment
activities of the small
and medium enterprises
Reimbursement up to 90%
of expenses for the first install-
ment (advance) payment
to those subjects who signed
a leasing agreement with
Russian leasing companies
Reimbursement up to 3/4
Bank of Russia key interest rate
which does not exceed 70%
of all actually incurred expenses
for interest payments under
leasing agreements with Russian
leasing companies
Investment project
management
Project design
and business
counselling
Information
and administrative
support
10 years

8. BELARUS
BRYANSK
REGION
KALUGA
REGION
TVER
REGION
PSKOV
REGION
СТАБНА
VYAZMAVYAZMA
YARTSEVOYARTSEVO
ROSLAVLROSLAVL
RUDNYARUDNYA
KRASNAYA
GORKA
KRASNAYA
GORKA
KATYNKATYN
STABNA
DESNOGORSKDESNOGORSK
TEMPORARY
STORAGE
WAREHOUSE
CUSTOMS
AND LOGISTICS
TERMINAL
SAINT-PETERSBURG
EUROPE
SMOLENSKSMOLENSK
Е 30
TIKHVINKATIKHVINKA
15
MOSCOW
Logistics complexes
and terminals
WAREHOUSE FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE
LLC «VYAZEMSKY TERMINAL»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, Vyazma, Elevatornaya Str. 12
CLT «RUDNYANSKY»
LLC «EUROTRANSSERVIS»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, Rudnya, 14 Let Oktyabrya Str.
• warehouse: 3000,00 м2
• convenient road from the Baltic and North European countries
and from Ukraine and Belarus thanks to its location on the
Bryansk – Smolensk – Vitebsk motorway (А-141)
• outdoor area of the warehouse for temporary storage -
75 000м2
CLT «ROSLAVLSKY»
LLC «ROSLAVL-TERMINAL»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, Roslavlsky district, Roslavl,
Karl Marks Str. 166.
• warehouse: approximately 2,5 ha
•parking for 140 large cargo vehicles
CLT «SMOLENSKY»
LLC «TRANSIT-С»
LOCATION: Smolensk, Lavochkina Str. 105.
WAREHOUSE FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE
«KATYNSKY TERMINAL»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, Smolensky district, Nikolskaya
village, Dorozhnaya Str. 3.
WAREHOUSE FOR TEMPORARY
STORAGE «ALFA-LOGISTIK»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, Yartsevo
(329 km on М-1 motorway)
WAREHOUSE FOR TEMPORARY
STORAGE LLC «ELTRANS+»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, Yartsevo,
2 Mashinostroitelnaya Str., Bld. 5/3
WAREHOUSE FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE
ZAO «INVEST MULTIMODAL»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, Yartsevo
(329 km on М-1 motorway)
CLT «KRASNOYE»
LLC «ALFA-TRANS»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, 454 km on the М-1 motorway,
2 km from the Belarus border.
www.alfa-trans.ru
CLT «STABNINSKY»
LLC «ALFA TRANS TERMINAL»
LOCATION: Smolensk region, Stabna village,
6 km from М-1 motorway.
PARTICIPANT OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:
“SIMPLIFIED CUSTOMS CORRIDOR”
RUSSIA – TURKEY, RUSSIA – ITALY
700 CARGO VEHICLES PER DAY
TERMINAL OF EXCISE DUTY
GENERAL COMPETENCE TERMINAL
www.alfa-trans.ru
ONE OF THE LARGEST TERMINALS IN RUSSIA
CLT «KRASNINSKY»
LLC «RHENUS-TERMINAL»
LOCATION: М-1 motorway, 3 km from the Belarus border.
Smolensk region, Krasninsky district, Krasnaya Gorka village,
Zarechnaya Str., Bld. 2.
The 1st WAREHOUSE BUILT BY AN INTERNATIONAL
FORWARDING AGENT IN THE SMOLENSK REGION
ONE OF THE LARGEST TERMINALS IN RUSSIA
www.ru.rhenus.com
3 KM FROM THE BELARUS BORDER
400 PARKING PLACES
WAREHOUSE FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE - 2500 М2
Logistics centres
and terminals
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9. BELARUS
BRYANSK REGION
KALUGA
REGION
TVER REGIONPSKOV REGION
СТАБНА
VYAZMAVYAZMA
GAGARINGAGARIN
YARTSEVOYARTSEVO
SAFONOVOSAFONOVO
ROSLAVLROSLAVL
DUKHOVSHCHINADUKHOVSHCHINA
MONASTYRSHCHINAMONASTYRSHCHINA
POCHINOKPOCHINOK
KARDYMOVOKARDYMOVO
KHOLM-ZHIRKOVSKYKHOLM-ZHIRKOVSKY
RUDNYARUDNYA
MOSCOW
SMOLENSKSMOLENSK
1
9
15
3
11
4
5
6
7
16
SAINT-PETERSBURG
EUROPE
Е 30
2
8
12
13
14
17
Reserve land fund
for agricultural usage
of more than 716 thousand ha
Including:
Dukhovshchinsky district - 44 thousand ha
Elninsky district - 42 thousand hа
Krasninsky district - 36 thousand ha
Monastyrshchinsky district - 54 thousand ha
Pochinkovsky district - 35 thousand hа
Roslavlsky district - 53 thousand ha
Rudnyansky district - 70 thousand ha
Safonovsky district - 36 thousand ha
Smolensky district - 37 thousand ha
Sychyovsky district - 30 thousand ha
Kholm-Zhirkovsky district - 32 thousand ha
Shumyachsky district - 30 thousand ha
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Priority investment
sites
Priority investment
sites
«Arkhipovka»
20,87 hа investment site
1
«Tishino»
43,8 hа investment site
2
«Rudnya» **
1005 hа investment site
3
«Berezhnyany»
4 hа investment site
4
«Velyuzhino»
22 hа investment site
5
«Kamenka»
64 hа investment site
6
«Gagarin»
106,28 hа investment site
7
«Lonnitsa»
8,24 hа investment site
8
Reserve Land*
Agricultural Land*
* Possible land rezoning
«Resurs»**
52,5 hа investment site
110,3 hа investment site
6 hа investment site
25 hа investment site
9
«Astapkovichi»**10
«Kardymovo»11
«Buda»12
«Krasnaya Gorka»
4,57 hа investment site
13
«Smolenskaya»
7,1 hа investment site
14
«Kovalyovka»
135 hа investment site
15
«Belkino»
400 hа investment site
16
Industrial Land
Settlement Land
** Possible technological connection to power
grid facilities less than 50 MW

10. Moscow
SMOLENSK
SAFONOVO
Vitebsk
Minsk
«Safonovo»
Industrial park
PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL
PARK
STATE INDUSTRIAL
PARK
130 ha 51,15 ha
production of composites
chemical production
educational centre
experimental station for growing hemp
and flax
www.technopark67.ru
VIZA
SMOLENSK COMPOSITE CLUSTER
Modern production facilities
(2-5th hazard class):
TAX CONDITIONS:
0%
15,5%PROFITS TAX
PROPERTY TAX
TRANSPORT TAX
LAND TAX
Moscow
SMOLENSK
Vitebsk
Minsk
TAX CONDITIONS:
0%
15,5%PROFITS TAX
PROPERTY TAX
TRANSPORT TAX
LAND TAX
60 ha60 ha
VIZA
«PHOENIX»
State industrial
park
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metal processing
machine manufacturing
production of metal and plastic goods
consumer goods industry
food industry
Modern production facilities
(4-5th hazard class):
highly qualified specialists
complex engineering infrastructure
( land plots sized 0,5 - 10 ha)
congenial conditions for transportation and logistics
attractive prices

11. Moscow
SMOLENSK
STABNA
Stabna
Minsk
STABNA
Transportation
and logistics complex
300 ha
Excise Customs Terminal
Customs Terminal of General Competence
Phyto-control
Veterinarian Control
Customs Clearance of Goods, Materials
and Accessories
“Green customs corridor”
for Russia – Turkey, Russia – Italy.
www.stabna.ru
VIZA
TAX CONDITIONS:
0%
15,5%PROFITS TAX
PROPERTY TAX
TRANSPORT TAX
LAND TAX
Development priorities

12. Production and distribution
of electric power, gas and water
Chemical industry
Food industry including production
of alcohol and tobacco
Electrical equipment manufacturing
Jewellery production
Transportation
and communication
Metallurgical production
and metalwork
Production of non-metal
mineral commodities
Production of rubber
and plastic goods
Machinery manufacturing
Wood processing
Textile and clothing
Extraction of mineral resources
Cellulose and paper manufacturing
Leather production and shoe making
27,4%
10,2%
8,3%
9,5%5,6%
7,3%
5,1%
6,8%
2,3%
4,0%
2,7%
0,7%
2,1% 0,4%
7,6%
Sectoral structure of GNP
Smolensk Nuclear
Power Station
Llc «EGGER Drevpodukt Gagarin»
(EGGER, Austria)
Llc «EGGER Drevpodukt Gagarin»
(EGGER, Austria)
«Kristall»
Production Corporation
«Kristall»
Production Corporation
OJSC «OSRAM»
(OSRAM AG, GERMANI)
The Smolensk Region is one of the
industrial regions of Central Russia
¼ of workforce is employed
in industrial production
> 30% gross regional product
about 30% of tax revenues
SMOLENSK
ROSLAVL
YARTSEVO
DOROGOBUZH
SAFONOVO
VYAZMA
GAGARIN
DESNOGORSK
Industrial centres, manufacturing over 90%
of the total volume of industrial products
Industry

13. РУДНЯ
СТАБНА
178 thousand people with private
homesteads
200 farmers and individual entrepreneurs
280 agricultural businesses
> 1,7 mln ha of agricultural lands
INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN AGRICULTURE
Agribusiness“Nasha Zhitnitsa”,
Gagarinsky District
the investor launched a new investment project
on the land development of 8 thousand ha
of fallow land;
the investor plans the construction of a modern
complex for processing and storage of corn and
a milk complex for 1200 cows.
PRIORITIES OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY:
complex development of rural territories
financial sustainability of agricultural producers
competitiveness and congenial conditions
for agricultural goods on the market
production increase
Llc «Gagarin-Ostankino», Gagarin
construction of meat processing
facilities;
the processing capacity is 150 tons
of pork per shift.
Llc «Krol and K», Gagarinsky District
the investor completed the construction
of a rabbit farm for 3249 doe rabbits;
the construction of 4 hangars for 4400
doe rabbits.
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Agriculture
Llc «Smolenskoe pole»,
Pochinkovsky District
the investor continues the construction
of the pig breeding farm for 165
thousand pigs;
the present pig stock includes
101,1 thousand pigs.
Llc «Grainlux», Roslavsky District
the investor completed the first stage of the project
on processing oil plants (rape, sunflowers, soya, etc.)
with the capacity of 60 thousand tons per year;
at present the capacity of the technological line reaches
up to 250 tons of oil seed per diem.
ZAO «Zolotaya Niva», Safonovsky District completed
the construction of the dairy complex for 1200
Holstein-Friesian cows;
the expansion of the dairy complex upto 1800 cows;
the construction of a dairy complex for 4800 cows,
mixed cattle feed facilities and an elevator
in the Dorogobuzhsky District.
Agricultural complex «MIRATORG»
the company plans the construction
of four cattle farms for meat production
and a logistics centre;
the amount of investment is about
2 bln roubles;
200 work places.
GAGARINGAGARIN
SAFONOVOSAFONOVO
POCHINOKPOCHINOK
ROSLAVLROSLAVL
SMOLENSKSMOLENSK
BELARUS
BRYANSK REGION
KALUGA REGION
TVER REGIONPSKOV REGION
SUBSIDIES
SPECIALISTS
Social transfers for construction (purchasing) of
housing in rural areas
Regional support of the specialists working in
the agricultural sector of the Smolensk
Region:
• a state lump-sum provided for young
specialists
• monthly payments for young specialists
working in agricultural companies
(tractors, self-propelled headers, agricultural vehicles registered
by the agricultural companies and used in agribusiness)
0 %for transport
TAX EXEMPTIONS
Partial reimbursement of the credit interest
paid to the Russian credit organisations and
loans received from agricultural consumers’
co-operative organisations
Partial reimbursement of the expenses on the
purchase of top-quality seeds
Target support for plant growing producers
Production of fiber flax (stock and straw)
PLANT GROWING
Partial reimbursement of technical and
technological modernization of flax
production, and primary flax processing
Target support of potatoes and open land
vegetables growing
Partial reimbursement of the insurance
payment under the agreement of the
agricultural insurance
Partial reimbursement of direct expenses on
construction and modernization of green-
houses
Partial reimbursement of direct expenses on
construction and modernization of potatoes
and other vegetables storage facilities
Partial reimbursement of the interest paid to
the Russian credit organisations and loans
received from agricultural consumers’
co-operative organisations
CATTLE BREEDING
Partial reimbursement of the insurance
payment under the agreement of the agricul-
tural insurance
Reimbursement of the expenses on breeding
livestock except beef farming.
Keeping breeding bulls for dairy and beef
farming
Compensation per 1 litre of the sold milk
Partial reimbursement of the direct expenses
on construction and modernization of milk
farms
State support
of agribusiness

14. Education
PRE-SCHOOLING SCHOOL EDUCATION
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
279 учреждений
35,3 тыс.человек
401 учреждение
80,8 тыс.человек
279 educational institutions
35,3 thousand people
403 schools
80,8 thousand people
66 centres
53 thousand people
vocational: 32 schools
128 professions
higher education:
33 institutions
80 majors
«FEDERAL CENTRE FOR TRAUMATOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS AND PROSTHETICS»
IS EQUIPPED ACCORDING TO THE WORLD MEDICAL STANDARDS
73 REGIONAL STATE HEALTHCARE
INSTITUTIONS
Regional Clinical Hospital
Regional Children's Clinical Hospital
Veterans' Hospital
Emergency Care Hospital
Perinatal Centre
Centre for Prevention and Treatment of AIDS
and Infectious Diseases
Blood Centre
Institute for Pathology
73
Healthcare

15. Culture
CULTURAL LIFE
Smolensk Regional
Philarmonia
Tenishevs Cultural
and Exhibition Centre
Tvardovsky Regional Library
is among the best regional
libraries in the country
Griboedov State
Drama Theatre
LIBRARIES
535 PARKS
4 PHILHARMONIAMUSEUMS
60 THEATRES
3 CULTURAL
AND EXHIBITION
CENTRE
2013 – 1150th
anniversary
of Smolensk
RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES
SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS:
2417 sports facilities are visited by over 56 thousand people:
STADIUMS
25 ICE PALACES
4 SWIMMING
POOLS
41 SKIING
COMPLEXES
20
The «Smolenk Ring» motor-racing track in Verkhnedneprovsky, Dorogobuzh meets the international
standards of circuit races. The track is 3357 m long and 12-15 m wide. www.smolenskring.ru
Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
Smolensk State School of the Olympic Reserve
Smolensk College of Technology and Sport
Gagarinsky Teaching School
Training Centre of the Smolensk Region Teams
10 specialised sports schools of the Olympic reserve for children,
31 sports schools for children, 21 sports clubs
Sport
The Smolensk Region annually holds special
winter and summer olympiads, regional
competitions in track and fields, skiing, etc.
for disabled children.
Being members of regional teams, they
also take part in Russian national and
international competitions.

16. PRIORITY GUIDELINES
EDUCATIONAL TOURISM
EVENT TOURISM
educational
and event tourism
recreational
tourism
religious
and pilgrimage
tourism
agricultural
and ecological
tourism
wellness
tourism
FASCINATING SPECTACULAR SHOWS:
International Historical Reenactment
and Slavic Culture Festival
«Gnezdovo – 2014»
(Smolensk)
International Touristic Festival
«Solovyova Crossing»
(Kardymovsky district)
Military and Historical Festival
«Reenactment of the Smolensk Battle
at Lubino in 1812»
(Kardymovsky district)
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museums
114
tourist agencies
4220
cultural sites
1750
architectural
sites
THE OLDEST KIND OF
TOURISM DYNAMYCALLY
DEVELOPING THANKS TO A
RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURAL
AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE
The RussianTouring Car Championship
and «Slavic Cup» at the «CAR dymovo»
motor-racing track
(Kardymovsky district)
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968),
born in the Smolensk region,
is the first man in space
Regional Tourism
ECO-TOURISM IN THE SMOLENSK REGION
RELIGIOUS TOURISM AND PILGRIMAGE
The main centers: Smolensk, Vyazma, Boldino.
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4
5
6
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Church of Odigitria (1638),
Monastery of John the Precursor,
Vyazma
Church of Archangel Michael (Svirskaya),
Smolensk,
1180-1197
Assumption Cathedral,
Smolensk, 1677
HolyTrinity Boldino Monastery
of St. Gerasim, 1530
NATIONAL PARK
“GAGARINSKY”
UGRA PORECHYE
1
Velizh
2
Przhevalskoye
3
Demidov
4
Rudnya
5
Sychevka
6
Gagarin
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Ugra
NATIONAL PARK“SMOLENSKOYE POOZERYE”
(“SMOLENSK LAKELAND”)
35 unique glacial lakes
extensive network of hiking, water and cycling
tourist routes and ecological paths
dozens of sites for camping and recreation
recreational facilities and accommodation
The Ugra river is one of the most popular areas
for water and recreation tourism in Central Russia.
close proximity to the Moskow region
the construction of the "Vazuza & Yauza"
touristic cluster
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PatriarchKirill
ofMoscowandAllRussia.
From26December1984-Archbishop
ofSmolenskandVyazma.
Priortothepatriarchenthronement-
MetropolitanofSmolensk
andKaliningrad.
Regional tourism

17. Governor of the Smolensk Region, Reception:
tel: +7 (4812) 38-66-11, факс: +7 (4812) 38-68-51,
е-mail: region@admin.smolensk.ru
www.admin-smolensk.ru
Department of investment development of the Smolensk Region
tel./fax: +7 (4812) 20-55-39, тел: +7 (4812) 20-55-32,
e-mail: dirsmol@gmail.com,
e-mail: invest@admin-smolensk.ru
Corporation of investment development of the Smolensk Region
tel: +7 (4812) 77-00-22, e-mail: smolregion67@yandex.ru
Smolensk Fund for support of entrepreneurship
tel: +7 (4812) 77-70-77, 61-05-09, e-mail: sofpmp@rambler.ru
www.sofpmp.ru
Smolensk Chamber of Commerce
tel: +7 (4812) 38-74-50, 38-29-57,
e-mail: info@smolenskcci.ru,
www.smolenskcci.ru
Regional Integrated Centre (RIC) - Smolensk Region
tel./fax: +7 (4812) 38-29-57, 32-83-14, 38-74-32,
e-mail: expo1@smolenskcci.ru, expo2@smolenskcci.ru
www.eicc-smolensk.ru
Investment portal of the Smolensk Region
www.smolinvest.com
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